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re: Gaming PC under $1,000
Posted on 8/5/14 at 12:31 am to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 8/5/14 at 12:31 am to ILikeLSUToo
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Intel Retail Edge members can get CPUs for sickeningly low prices.
My membership was approved, BTW. I just haven't done any of their tests to bump up in status.
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Posted on 8/5/14 at 7:56 am to brucevilanch
This video should help you get started
Posted on 8/5/14 at 8:20 am to brucevilanch
I'll do the tests and take the CPU 
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:23 am to brucevilanch
Does it cost anything to take the tests? And do you have to prove employment (or can it be faked)?
Posted on 8/5/14 at 12:24 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:
And do you have to prove employment (or can it be faked)?
You have to prove employment. I don't know about faking one
quote:
Does it cost anything to take the tests
Not that I know of
Posted on 8/5/14 at 3:15 pm to GamblinGoat
I built this last week. I already had peripherals and some extra storage:
All from newegg.com
Case/ps Cooler Master Elite 130 - Mini-ITX $50.00
Memory G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) $149.00
motherboard ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini IT $135.00
Processor Intel Core i5-4590 Haswell Quad-Core 3.3GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54590 189.99
Video Card EVGA 02G-P4-2763-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB $230.00
Hard drive SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $121.00
Power supply Cooler Master V550 – Compact 550W 80 PLUS Gold PSU with Modular Molex/SATA Cables $80.00
Combo PS/Case discount ($20.00)
Mail-in-Rebates ($60.00)
$874.99
All from newegg.com
Case/ps Cooler Master Elite 130 - Mini-ITX $50.00
Memory G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) $149.00
motherboard ASRock Z97E-ITX/ac LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini IT $135.00
Processor Intel Core i5-4590 Haswell Quad-Core 3.3GHz LGA 1150 84W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54590 189.99
Video Card EVGA 02G-P4-2763-KR GeForce GTX 760 2GB $230.00
Hard drive SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE250BW 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $121.00
Power supply Cooler Master V550 – Compact 550W 80 PLUS Gold PSU with Modular Molex/SATA Cables $80.00
Combo PS/Case discount ($20.00)
Mail-in-Rebates ($60.00)
$874.99
Posted on 8/5/14 at 3:19 pm to YeauxGurt
Here's mine, CPU/mobo and Samsung drives will be here tomorrow. Also still need a cooler.
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($250.00)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.00)
Memory: PNY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($0.00)
Memory: PNY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($0.00)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($60.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($100.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($80.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($80.00)
Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.00)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 1000W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($60.00)
Total: $790.00
PCPartPicker part list: LINK
Price breakdown by merchant: LINK /
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($250.00)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($50.00)
Memory: PNY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($0.00)
Memory: PNY 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($0.00)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($60.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($50.00)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($100.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($80.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($80.00)
Case: Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case ($60.00)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 1000W 80+ Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($60.00)
Total: $790.00
This post was edited on 8/5/14 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 8/5/14 at 3:21 pm to YeauxGurt
Why'd you buy the locked processor and a z97 board?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 8:11 am to bluebarracuda
What do you mean about the processor & what's wrong with a Z97 board?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:38 am to YeauxGurt
If you're talking about locked as in no over-clocking. I wasn't planning to. It's a small mini-itx cube case & it has decent air-flow/temps but why push it? Back in the day it was worth over-clocking, but now a days, why risk the instability & temperature fluctuations for not that really noticeable differences?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:45 am to YeauxGurt
Why pay the premium for a z97 board then?
Posted on 8/6/14 at 9:48 am to bluebarracuda
It was a good price for the mb. I don't consider $120 for a mb a premium price.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 10:09 am to YeauxGurt
But you could have saved $50-70 getting an h81 mobo that would do the exact same things
Edit: and use those savings to get a 290(x) and have almost double the video card power
Edit: and use those savings to get a 290(x) and have almost double the video card power
This post was edited on 8/6/14 at 10:11 am
Posted on 8/6/14 at 10:17 am to bluebarracuda
Good point. I haven't shopped/built a pc in 3 or 4 years. I didn't research as much as I used to and went by my old standards of price/quality. I even went with an asrock for the first time. I used to only buy asus or gigabyte mbs. Cost myself $50 this time. hehe 
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:50 am to YeauxGurt
People have done much worse. Lots of first-timers go with a $200+ motherboard because they think they'll be more stable.
The Z97 will at least give you the freedom to add another 760 for SLI if you want.
The Z97 will at least give you the freedom to add another 760 for SLI if you want.
Posted on 8/6/14 at 11:54 am to ILikeLSUToo
He's running an itx build though
Posted on 8/6/14 at 12:16 pm to bluebarracuda
OOOH, that is an important distinction I failed to notice
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